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SPECIAL CORPORATE FINANCE

Revenue (US)/ Turnover (UK) = represents what the company has been able to sell to its customers. Also called sales or income.  

Profit and loss statement or account = document showing all wealth-creating revenues and wealth-destroying charges. Also called income statement  

Gross margin = the ratio gross profits divided by net sales (gross = brut)  

Net income = profit after non recurrent items and tax. Also called profit or earnings or net profit 

EBITDA = Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization. Also called gross operating profit.  

Efficiency improvements = increase of the ratio of the work done by a employee or a machine.  

Working capital = the net balance of operating uses and sources of funds (fond de roulement)  

Inventories = the temporary assets created as part of the business cycle

Order book = a book in which customers' orders are entered  

Accounts receivable = money owed to an organization for products or services already delivered. On the opposite, accounts payable is the money the organization owes for products or services already received  

Free cash flow = difference between operating cash flow and capital expenditure net of fixed assets disposals (flux de trésorerie disponible)   

Board of directors = an official group of persons who direct or supervise some activity  

Expenses = what the organization spends  

EBIT = earnings before interest and taxes  

Equity = ownership of a company (capitaux propres)  

Asset = what the organization owns and has value  

Liability = what the organization owes, debts  

Cash flow statement = financial statement that keeps track of revenue, expenses, and profit.

NOUNS AND EXPRESSIONS  

At a record level = reaching the best performance ever

Far-reaching = extending far in influence, effect

Headwind = a wind opposed to the course of a moving object

Momentum = force or speed of movement

Build-up = construction or accumulation

VERBS

To increase = to rise, to become greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality

To ramp up = to bolster or to strengthen

To arise from = to result or proceed

To burden = to load oppressively, to trouble

To grow over = to increase across a period or a place

To offset = to counterbalance or compensate